Quick Hits....

"Let's get straight: We're still not good. If I got fired today, it's not a record that a lot of people would love to have on their resume" – Maple Leafs President Brendan Shanahan, who feels that the team is "ahead of where he expected them to be" in its rebuilding project (GLOBE & MAIL, 6/27).

"For the right price, I may come back" – Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L.A. TIMES, 6/27).

"I don’t think we’re going to have to rely on our partners as much as we have in the past. We can focus a little bit more on the basketball side of it" – Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak, on the team pitching free agents this offseason after last year including Time Warner Cable and AEG in meetings (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 6/25).